reading desk

noun

1. a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
2. a lectern in a church.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reading desk¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

In 1848 a new chancel was built; and afterwards a dash of Christian patriotism resulted in a new pulpit and reading desk.

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In the reading desk Mr Wood gets through his work quickly and with a good voice.

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At one side of the chancel arch there is a reading desk, which looks piously at a pulpit, made just like it, on the opposite side.

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The reading-desk and the pulpit are placed opposite each other, and at the sides of the chancel.

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Until recently there were two wooden gas stands at the sides of the reading desk.

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